Thanks for stopping by my Blog site where I hope you will discover something new about the world of scuba diving, travel and photojournalism.
I've been photographing the underwater world for 17 years and writing about diving and travelling in my spare time as a freelancer, mainly for DIVER magazine, for 12 years.
In this time I've travelled the world to: interview diving celebrities; cover news stories and competitions; review destinations, hotels, restaurants and even apres-dive bars! I've also been published in non diving titles with articles about my full time career. So far, my journey into the world of photojournalism has resulted in a clip file containing over 300 articles, news stories and features.
That's me to the left, on 'assignment' in Eilat learning how to free dive in 1999 for an article published in DIVER.
By clicking on the links to the right you'll find loads of stuff about how the diving / travel / media sector works, and how, with a bit of enthusiasm, imagination and a bit of luck, you too could get yourself by-lined in one of the hundreds of publications devoted to diving and /or travelling.
You'll also find the latest information on my seminars and workshops.
A few of my freelance colleagues have suggested I shouldn't pass on anything that would encourage others. "After all," they say, "aren't there enough people trying to get to where we are now?" Well, there might be, but I believe there's always room for new talent, and there really are hundreds of titles that will accept diving / travel related articles - plenty of room for everyone.
There's a Feedblitz e-mail updater to the left - if you want to make sure you don't miss out on any snippets from this blog, just put your e-mail address in the little box and by some miracle of the Web 2.0 world, every time I add an update, Feedblitz will tell you.
And please feel free to e-mail me with any ideas or suggestions. As an alternative you might also want to consider adding a comment to this post. Another Web 2.0 miracle - I'm notified as soon as you do so, and by doing this, you can share your thoughts with other visitors.
I end every post with, "Keep writing..." This is the lead to my mantra:
"Keep writing until you don't suck at it and until someone is willing to pay you!"
I hope you enjoy your visit and thanks for stopping by.
Keep writing...
Brendan
